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O.K - who knows more about the U.K Government's incentive to "pay" single parents to A/look for work and B/give additional monies once employment has been secured?What do my fellow U.K forum members think of Tony's latest "incentive"?

As it's pretty slow here I'm compiling a list of the best and worst biscuits known to man and woman.Here's my top 5 best in no particular order:1/Gypsy Cream2/Bourbon3/Rocky,(plain and caramel to count as one choice)4/Penguin,(a classic)5/Chocolate...

From the BBC website, John Peel died of a heart attack while on holiday in Peru.

When people say 'normally', or that's 'normal' - what terms of reference are they using?

Having completed Matthewr's Driving TestI'd like you to include following information with your scores:1) Your approximate annual mileage over the last three years2) The number of years you have held a full Driving Licence3) Your estimated...

As from September 2005 nearly 100 years after it being imposed on Britain's working Classes, Pubs will be able to serve cheap lager & one armed bandits whenever they wish and cash in on the wonderfully bouyant economy Britain is now enjoying, luvvly jubbly, Drink Now and pay later, bring back the debtors prisons too, or with an extended new War in Iraq etc, bring the old law back again, innit. G.G.v. Nottoofarfromthetruthireckon National Debt always likes Wars !

This forum is of course never afraid to tackle the Big Questions, be that Iraq, dishwasher choice or driving. So, to provide a little more of a scientific basis, here are some simple surveys about your views on the latter.#1 Attitudes to DrivingBelow...

Any body know if thw Passat is due for a facelift in the not to distant future?

It's a while since I've bought any technical manuals with titles like 'Learn MS Access in 24 hours'. On the whole, I always found them pretty useless - lots of information straight from the manuals - not alot of practical advice. Hopefully the...

I'm sitting here at work on a Sunday at lunchtime with Pot Noodles.OK there is masses of salt in there, but apart from that, is there really any harm in this crap? Hardly any fat at all!Surely it has to be better than eating bread every day?

Ahoy there axemeistersI've just succumbed to 'version 2.0' of the venerable effects box. At £130 (new) I couldn't resist.Haven't tried it yet, as my Telecaster is currently being fettled, and having a new switch fitted.I just wanted to check...

Hi folks. Has anyone ever had any experience of selling a website? My personal situation has changed and I can no longer devote the time to operating it, but there's a definite opportunity for someone with more time and a little money to put into...

Shplendid goal by the munchkin on Saturday don't you think

I hope you are all watching this on SKY 1 (if you can). Forget the original; this is like the Sopranos meets Sci-Fi. Amazing and uncomprimising with fine acting and production values.TV Sci-Fi comes of age. Again.Now if the new Dr Who can be to the...

We've been discussing elsewhere how the Christian Right - or, as I prefer to view them, the fundamentalists - support the Republican Party. Please read this article from the NY Times for a truly astonishing insight into this country. It's a long...

PlusNet being the service provider, folks.Pretty nippy, innit.jon PS: Suddenly in a quandary. What do I use for email (I have an iBook) ?? (Sorry if silly question )

Hi....It is time for a replacement PC , mine is a 350mhz Pentium II and it's slow..v.slow. The problem is I need to replace it with a desktopas a tower won't fit the unit. I don't want to change the unit as it that matches the rest of the furniture. I...

This morning's paper gave it low marks, but I imagine Mr. Petrik has already seen it - so what do you say Joe? Is there any connection between this and 'The Ring' which wasn't that bad as horror flicks go.cheersDan

I'm going off Guinea Pigs. I checked out Pets'R'Us and they had chipmunks - these things are a riot, jumping all over the place, spinning on wheels, doing high-wire acts. The only downside being they seem to need a hutch the size of my...

Hi,Just installed a mains spur today - 6mm cable direct from the fuse box into an MK unswitched socket - is it best to use a 32 amp fuse in the consumer unit (which I have at the moment) or an mcb? I see different opinions in diffeent places. I could...

Just about to back up my old PC (steam power, Win 98) on to a remote hard drive in order to swap files to my new PC (nuclear fusion powered, WinXP).Can anyone tell me how to do a full back up of my Outlook data, including the current inbox, archived...

A person has died as a result of fan stupidity in Boston after the big win. Why has it become a predictable part of sports that big victories and big defeats are followed with rioting?

Hi folks.This is a long shot but you never know. I wish to install a LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PhP) suite onto a dual P3/1GHz/1Gb/RAID homebrew server that I have kicking about. It's currently got W2K/AS and is available because it has been replaced...